Memorial Gymnasium (Virginia): Difference between revisions

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| architect = [[Fiske Kimball]]<ref name=MemGymNom>{{cite web|title=Memorial Gymnasium National Register Nomination|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Charlottesville/104-0095_Memorial_Gym_UVA_2004_Final_Nomination.pdf|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdateaccess-date=13 June 13, 2012}}</ref>

| name = Memorial Gymnasium

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| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = March 17, 2004<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdateaccess-date=5 June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=2013-09-September 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

| designated_other1_number = 104-0095

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| location = 210 S. Emmett St., [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]

| coordinates = {{coord|38|2|14|N|78|30|27|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = 1924

| architect = Fiske, Kimble, et al.

| architecture = Beaux Arts<ref name="nris"/>

| added = December 4, 2004

| area = 5.1 acre <!--{{convert|5.1|acre}}-->

'''Memorial Gymnasium''' is a 2,500 -seat multi-purpose [[arena]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]. It opened in 1924. It replaced Fayerweather Gymnasium as home to the [[University of Virginia]] Cavaliers [[basketball]] team until [[University Hall (University of Virginia)|University Hall]] opened in 1965.

Established originally as a memorial to the University's [[World War I]] casualties, the facility continues to play a role in the athletic, recreational and physical education-kinesiology programs at the school. The classes of 1920 and 1921 pledged a collected total of $142,000 in support of the gymnasium as a memorial and construction was completed in 1924.<ref name="dabney-funding">{{cite book|last=Dabney |first=Virginius |authorlinkauthor-link=Virginius Dabney |url=http://repo.lib.virginia.edu:18080/fedora/get/uva-lib:178665/uva-lib-bdef:100/getFullView |title=Mr. Jefferson's University: A History |location=[[Charlottesville]] |publisher=[[University of Virginia Press]] |year=1981 |isbn=0-8139-0904-X |page=66 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> From its completion, the gymnasium housed a variety of sporting and social activities, including basketball, boxing and dances.<ref name="dabney-uses">Dabney, 87, 89, 113.</ref> The basketball program was housed in the building for 42 seasons before [[University Hall (University of Virginia)|University Hall]] opened in 1965. It was also the past home of the swimming and dive teams{{clarify|date=February 2014}}<!--don't recall a diving board in there, and its much to shallow--> and indoor track teams. After renovations, the building - now used extensively by the University's intramural programs - also serves as the home arena for the Cavaliers' wrestling and women's volleyball teams.

Memorial Gym was the site of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s "Stab in the Back" speech<ref name="FDR"/> on June 10, 1940, when, in the middle of giving his commencement address to the graduating class, he was informed of the alliance between [[Italy]] and [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name="FDR">{{cite web |url=http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3317 |work=Miller Center of Public Affairs |title="Stab in the Back" Speech (June 10, 1940) |accessdateaccess-date=2008-09-September 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416092028/http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3317 |archivedatearchive-date=April 16, 2010 }}</ref>

Currently{{when?|date=February 2020}}, Memorial Gymnasium, commonly known as Mem Gym to Virginia students, hosts the school wrestling and volleyball teams, and is also used by the school as an intramural sports venue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://recsports.virginia.edu/mg |title=Memorial Gymnasium – Rec Sports |date=1December Dec1, 2019 |website=UVA Rec Sports |access-date=16December Dec16, 2019}}</ref><!--AFC hosts intramural sports and so does Mem Gym--> The building includes a small weight room, including cardiovascular machines, and boxing practice facilities, as well as an indoor wooden jogging track on the second floor that rings around and overlooks the basketball courts on the first floor. The swimming pool was also primarily used prior to the construction of the [[Aquatic and Fitness Center]]. The swimming pool was finally closed in 2007{{clarify|date=February 2014}}<!--not sure exactly, it may have been 2006--> and converted into an indoor soccer ground.

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